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One petitioner: name missing Pope. [This petition is fragmentary] . . . to our lord...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16028

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Reference
SC 8/340/16028
Date
[c. 1418]
Description
Petitioners
One petitioner: name missing
Addressees
Pope.
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary] . . . to our lord the king by the clergy of England of the province of Canterbury . . . John Bluwyk and Clement Depdale, subcollectors for the vill of . . . the aforesaid fifteenths at 6 marks for the same . . . in the said county and their subcollectors in the said vill of Emneth . . . the aforesaid fifteenths. The which petitioner by Geoffrey Bunt, his bailiff . . . subcollectors, together with Thomas Merton, Richard Albald . . . Lent in the fifth year of the reign of our aforesaid lord the present king . . . church and Marion his wife, John Bunt, William Bunt, Nicholas . . . of the said petitioner did not dare to occupy themselves for fear of their death . . . quarters of oats and a quarter of . . . to the value of 100s. from the goods . . . payment of the said 6 marks for the aforesaid fifteenths to our lord [the king] . . . aforesaid. May it please your most holy paternity to consider the . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Canterbury province
Emneth, [Cambridgeshire].
People mentioned
Clergy of England of the province of Canterbury
John Bluwyk, subcollector of a fifteenth
Clement Depdale, subcollector of a fifteenth
Geoffrey Bunt, bailiff of the petitioner
Thomas Merton
Richard Albald
John Bunt
Marion . . .
William Bunt
Nicholas . . .
Note
The petition mentions Lent in the king's fifth year: from the hand, this could be 5 Henry IV (1404), 5 Henry V (1418) or 5 Henry VI (1427). From the mention of fifteenths, the tax is likely to be the two fifteenths and tenths granted in December 1417, for which records survive from February 1419.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736509/

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